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24 March 2026
BCI 2026 Healthcare Supply Chain Survey Whitepaper
Healthcare supply chains enter 2026 with the same pain point of cost pressure, and with a different reality: the traditional optimization playbook is no longer enough. With more than 90% of leaders reporting cost pressure, the focus is shifting toward technology-led capability building
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24 March 2026
One Supply Chain Reality for Four Different Sectors of Industry: How Leaders Rebuild Footprints, Visibility and Cost Resilience in 2026
Boards are asking a deceptively simple question: “Are we still in control?” Control of service, margins, regulatory exposure, and continuity - across a supply chain that is now shaped as much by geopolitics and talent scarcity as it is by customer demand. The uncomfortable truth is that many networks were optimized for a world that no longer exists
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23 March 2026
‘Forbes Magazine Recognizes Buck Consultants International/BCI Global as One of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms’.
For the 8th (!) time in a row, BCI is recognized on this prestigious list of 186 companies - as only specialized location strategy & supply chain consulting firm! As the list is based on recommendations of clients, we are super proud.
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06 February 2026
Supply Chain decisions need to become Faster, More Frequent and More Balanced. Does the answer lie in a Center of Excellence?
Supply chain disruptions are increasing and the new normal is that the supply chain needs to accommodate today’s dynamics in terms of economy and global trade dynamics as well as other disruptions either internal or external driven. Do companies need to invest in a Supply Chain Center of Excellence (CoE)?
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07 October 2025
Powerful drivers will lift up logistics again
The logistics sector has seen low demand at a European level recently, with a few exceptions, but the situation will change in the medium term because the fundamentals are extremely positive. “Companies in Europe are changing their distribution models to make sure they can deliver to their clients” according to René Buck, CEO of BCI Global
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01 October 2025
Fresh on Track: Retailers and Shippers Embrace Rail for Fresh Logistics
Momentum builds at Fruit Attraction Madrid for modal shift in fresh supply chains. At Fruit Attraction 2025, the Fresh on Track initiative marked a breakthrough in sustainable logistics by uniting retailers, shippers and governments to accelerate the shift of fresh goods transport from road to rail
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28 August 2025
CEE set to benefit as companies opt to regionalize production. Decentralization and nearshoring trends grow in response to global uncertainty
Rising global uncertainty – from shifting trade policy to geopolitical tensions – is prompting companies to reassess their supply chains, driving a surge in logistics real estate demand across Central and Eastern Europe according to René Buck, CEO of BCI Global
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28 August 2025
Forbes Magazine ranks BCI Global among the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms
For the fourth consecutive year business magazine Forbes has recognized the economic, supply chain and location strategy advisory firm BCI Global (headquarters in the Netherlands) as one of the best consulting firms in the world
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06 June 2025
Transport Rates Face Shifts Amid Economic and Regulatory Pressures
Transport rates across Europe and global freight markets are set for nuanced changes, according to the 13th BCI Transport Monitor
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28 May 2025
How to structure your Supply Chains in India?
India is changing rapidly. It is extremely important for companies to take note of the changing landscape and adapt their Distribution Strategies to ensure their continued success in this key market
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28 April 2025
BCI Global recognized as one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms
The well-known business magazine FORBES has recognized BCI Global in its annual overview again as one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms – for 7 years in a row and as only specialized independent supply chain & site selection advisory firm!
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14 April 2025
First Person: René Buck, President & CEO, BCI Global
René Buck has spent the last four decades helping global companies choose where to build. As founder and CEO of BCI Global (Buck Consultants International), he’s led location strategy, site selection projects and supply chain projects across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. He launched the Netherlands-based firm on the same day he received two un...
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07 April 2025
Is Your Supply Chain Network Ready for Tomorrow’s Customers?
Global trade and tariff uncertainties, shifting consumer demands, and rapid tech advancements make supply chain networks both critical and vulnerable. Yet, a BCI survey of over 240 logistic VPs and Directors across the U.S. and EU found only a minority of companies regularly review and optimize their networks, leaving most unprepared for disrupt...
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02 April 2025
5 Myths About Forecast Accuracy
Demand forecasting is a crucial component of supply chain management, helping businesses plan inventory, production, and distribution effectively. Many companies strive for higher forecast accuracy, believing it to be the key to improving service levels and reducing costs. However, misconceptions about what forecast accuracy truly means and how ...
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21 March 2025
Master data, often overlooked but not to be ignored
Master data plays a key role in processes and supports decision making. Why do many companies not have a robust process, governance and resources tied into good master data management? Not paying enough attention to master data management leads to people chasing data, wasting time and effort on doing manual rework and to drawing wrong conclusion...
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12 March 2025
New BCI Global Report: No visibility – No resilient supply chain
Only 1 out of 3 companies have the right information about their end-to-end supply chain to review and optimize their global supply chain and manufacturing footprint networks. The other 65% drive in the dark in a turbulent time with global disruptions occurring and emerging
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15 January 2025
Frank Hofstee has joined as Partner Supply Chain Advice
Being able to contribute to the further expansion of BCI Global in my new role as partner is a great challenge. This firm has an excellent reputation
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06 January 2025
'Dynamic' science park sector growth driven by quest tor talent
Prospects for the science park sector are good, driven by demand from startup companies looking for thriving R&D environments inhabited by like-minded people
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11 December 2024
We are Partners! But are you really?!
We are here to dive into the world of partners in the business environment. With a CMO, with a packaging company, with your logistics provider. The question here is: what is real partnership, what is the essence of true partnerships, and why do we seek business partners?
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05 December 2024
BCI Global's Transport Monitor
Road and parcel transport costs on the rise again with gross rate increase expectations of 4-7% for road and 5% for parcel next year. Ocean freight and air freight remain very volatile, according to BCI Global’s Transport Monitor
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05 December 2024
Søstrene Grene selects Venlo, The Netherlands as location for their new distribution center
Danish home decoration retailer Søstrene Grene has selected Venlo, the logistics hotspot location in The Netherlands, as the location for their new distribution center of 45.000 sqm
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04 December 2024
Semicon Investments Surge
Demand for chips will undoubtedly accelerate in the future. But how to guarantee risk-free supply? And what does that mean for the strategy of individual semiconductor companies?
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04 December 2024
Coping with Rising Trade Tariffs
Trade restrictions are on the rise all over the world. President Trump will probably give a push to higher import tariffs, provoking retaliation measures of other trading blocs like Europe and Japan.
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28 November 2024
Forbes Magazine recognizes BCI Global as one of the best consulting firms in the world 2024
The renowned international business magazine Forbes Magazine has announced that also this year the economic, logistics and location consulting firm BCI Global is one of the best consulting firms in the world.
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